THE Coffs Harbour Comets face a season defining game against the Woolgoolga Seahorses this weekend, during Round 6 of the Tooheys New Group 2 Rugby League season. The Comets have lost their last four matches in a row at…
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2021 Northern NSW Football – Female Football Week Awards. The awards recognise the important role women and male champions play in developing football in Australia and form part of the Northern NSW Football…
TWENTY three players from Coffs Harbour and Sawtell flocked to Port Macquarie to play in the Junior UTR Series (JUS) tennis tournament, making up over a third of total entries. Ethan Jeffrey from Englands Park Tennis Club Coffs Harbour…
COFFS Pistol Club at Karangi had two Juniors training on Sunday. They were Sammi M and Charlie F. Both Juniors have only joined the Club this year, and both are still going through the strict safety training course. The…
NATIONAL Volunteer Week – May 17 to 23 – is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteers, acknowledging their vital and generous contribution to our communities. News Of The Area looked within the locality and had a chat with the…
COFFS Trail Runners is organising Coffs Harbour’s first ever trail-dedicated running event – The End Peak – on August 1. Keelan Birch from Coffs Trail Runners is spearheading this first race, which will start and finish at the iconic…
LOCAL author Karly Lane has released her seventeenth novel, moving from rural Australian stories to the Scottish Highlands. A spokesperson for Allen and Unwin said, “Karly Lane has been an author with Allen and Unwin for 11 years, selling…
BOWRAVILLE’s Folk Museum is the venue for the local Biggest Morning Tea this Friday, May 21. The Biggest Morning Tea, a fundraiser for cancer research, is being organised locally by the Bowraville Senior Citizens. “Every year we use the…
HEALTHY North Coast, the delivery arm of the Primary Health Care Network on the North Coast reports that almost fifty seven thousand COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in the region. The strong support for the vaccination program across the…
ON Wednesday May 12, the Sawtell Historical Society celebrated their new home at the Sawtell Caravan Park with an unveiling of a restored and mounted map of the first subdivision of the area by Osmund (Osie) Sawtell from 1925.…